Here’s something I just wanted to quickly draw attention to, because with so much chaos always swirling around Trump, this has flown under the radar. Recode had an article out yesterday, entitled, “FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s Departure Is the Death Knell for Net Neutrality.” Continue reading
Piss or Get Off the Pot
Either the electoral college matters or it doesn’t. Either the electors are there for a reason, to deliberate in the manner set forth by Alexander Hamilton in Federalist 68, to protect us from the exact scenario we now find ourselves in or they have no purpose. Either they are there to serve that purpose or they are an anachronism, serving no purpose other than to frustrate the express desires of the electorate and the Constitutional right of equal protection (you could make the case). So either the electoral college matters, or it should be abolished & the direct will of the people should be respected.
If You See Something . . .
I’m starting this blog because I don’t want to look back at some point in the future and say, “I wish I’d said something.” I’ve already had that thought too many times to count over the last month, as I’ve looked back on the 18 months leading up to the election. Because I knew from Day One that a President Donald Trump was possible. I said it in passing to my sister, in one-on-one conversation with friends, in occasional comments on Facebook. But I wish I had said it louder, with a bigger megaphone, to anyone who would listen. I wish I had shouted from the rooftops, “We need to take Donald Trump seriously. Don’t laugh him off. He can win the whole darn thing.” I don’t know if it would’ve made a difference. Probably not. But at least I’d know I had tried.
DC Deciphered 